Fourteen MCHS student competed in the recent IDEA engineering design competition

Fourteen McHenry Community High School students competed in the recent Illinois Design Educators Association engineering design challenge, and nine qualified for the state competition in April at Illinois State University.

The March 7 engineering design contest took place at McHenry County College, and featured students competing in seven different categories.

The following is a list of students who participated, year in school, and how they placed in their category. Of the list below, Lachlan, Caleb, Noah, Connor, Aileen, Ellie, Paul, Josh and Avery all qualified for state.

Balzer, Ellie

11

1

Architecture Board

Caldwell, Caleb

12

1

Architectural CAD (2D)

Gill, Paul

12

1

3D Modeling

Rensberger, Josh

9

1

3d Machine CAD

Etten, Noah

11

1

Assembly Modeling

Barranco, Aileen

11

2

Architecture Board

Connolly, Avery

12

2

Machine CAD (2D)

Gardon, Lachlan

12

2

3D Modeling

Lopez, Luis

10

3

Assembly Modeling

Bunting, Connor

11

2

Architectural CAD (2D)

Lischewksi, Milo

12

3

3D Modeling

Music, Cameron

10

3

Architecture Board

Tomlinson, Trevor

10

3

3D Machine CAD

Wagner, Myles

11

3

Assembly Modeling

Congratulations to all!

Photo of MCHS students who participated in the IDEA engineering design competition